"The hand of God never tires, nor are its movements aimless. It makes all things subservient to its designs, and, at every turn, disappoints the calculations of man, causing the most insignificant events to expand to the mightiest consequences, while those that have the appearance of mountains vanish into nothing."
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John Lanahan
John Lanahan (1815 – December 8, 1903) was an American preacher.
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